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Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:28:25 -0800

"The fact is that censorship always defeats its own purpose, for it creates, in the end, the kind of society that is incapable of exercising real discretion. "
-Henry Steele Commager

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Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:21:27 -0700

Capitalism as an unfettered market fundamentalist dogma is just one of the problems. I see great benefit in a market economy if it can have other principals other than profit. Chomsky sees the problems we face as a systemic problem. Government dos not have to control the media if the editors and owners see it as there own interest to propagandize the public. . If all the news media belongs to 5 separate conglomerates that also own other industries such as the pharmaceuticals, pharmacology, oil, and the weapons then it is in their interest to support the government when it gos to war or bails out those industrys (or banks). I don't believe in anarchy for the rich or the poor. Partly that is why I still vote even though the election is likely to be ringed. It is a lack of the citizenry involvement or understanding of their own government that has allowed this fascist anarchy of the rich to form.

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Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:03:44 -0700

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"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter, and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." -- Abraham Lincoln

"To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." -- Theodore Roosevelt (1918)

"Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one." -- Benjamin Franklin

"If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear." -- George Orwell

"Naturally the common people don't want war; neither in Russia, nor in England, nor in America, nor in Germany. That is understood. But after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country." -- Hermann Goering

"No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots."
-- Barbara Ehrenreich

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"To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." - Teddy Roosevelt

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Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:03:26 -0700

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Sun, 21 Sep 2008 01:16:33 -0700

The Fed actually did what they could under the sercomstances. The bank failures are not their fault. Crony deregulation of the mortgage loan's muster tests and allowing the high risk loan to be bundled in low risk investments is the problem. That and big daddy government has a history of slapping the corporate criminals on the hand and bail them out like they were big daddies brat. Failures like these could have been avoided if big daddy government stopped pimpen with his cronies and used some tough love when it was needed.

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Thu, 14 Aug 2008 02:01:56 -0700

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Fri, 08 Aug 2008 05:06:57 -0700

"The danger of ancient liberty was that men, exclusively concerned with securing their share of social power, might attach too little value to individual rights and enjoyments. The danger of modern liberty is that, absorbed in the enjoyment of our private independence, and in the pursuit of our particular interests, we should surrender our right to share in political power too easily. The holders of authority are only too anxious to encourage us to do so. They are so ready to spare us all sort of troubles, except those of obeying and paying! They will say to us: what, in the end, is the aim of your efforts, the motive of your labours, the object of all your hopes? Is it not happiness? Well, leave this happiness to us and we shall give it to you. No, Sirs, we must not leave it to them. No matter how touching such a tender commitment may be, let us ask the authorities to keep within their limits. Let them confine themselves to being just. We shall assume the responsibility of being happy for ourselves."
- Benjamin Constant

Learning is not childs play; we cannot learn without pain
- Aristotle, 3BCE

We would like to believe that we are not in the business of surviving but in being good, and we do not like to admit to ourselves that we are good in order to survive.
- Dorothy Rowe

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Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:48:11 -0700

George Bush Snr did say this: To occupy Iraq would instantly shatter our coalition, turning the whole Arab world against us and make a broken tyrant into a latter-day hero ... assigning young soldiers to a fruitless hunt for a securely entrenched dictator and condemning them to fight in what would be an un-winnable urban guerilla war. It could only plunge that part of the world into even greater instability.

George Bush Snr, in A World Transformed, 1998

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Wed, 07 May 2008 02:27:56 -0700

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Fri, 25 Apr 2008 03:02:28 -0700

Finding accurate information

The pseudo-conservative ditto-heads and the Flying Monkey Right seem to think that reporting the facts are partisan because the facts contradict what they believe to be true. If you value truth you will look up the references and find the original sources instead of blindly trusting a talking head or bog for news. You can then determine who to trust for your information by their track record for reliable information. <<
>> Don't look at Factcheck if you are afraid of the truth. Politicians are lairs and hallways have been. It is a popularity contest where the politician that best tells the majority what they want to hear and then take money to do the opposite wins. Don't get me wrong, I am not a total cynic, there are good people who aspire to do great things in politics but, they rarely are voted into office. <<
>> I find it quite sad when people allow others to do their thinking and see facts as propaganda and lies as truth do to fear or because it dos not fit their small minded views. If giving head is sex then war is not peace. <<
>> No mater what political party you are affiliated with to fallow with blind faith is the road to HELL. Politicians who report to talk with God and use faith to stop people from reasoning are the most dangerous except for the people who are the followers. <<
>> Factcheck serves to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics by monitoring the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players. <<
>> Non-partisan means not expressing your bias in judgment, not supporting... <<

http://factcheck.org/ - factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/ politifact.com - simular to factcheck.org

http://www.snopes.com/ - Snopes - not only debunks urban legends but also common fallacies, misinformation, old wives' tales, strange news stories, rumors, celebrity gossip, and similar items. "

http://mediamatters.org/ - Media Matters for America (exposing media bias) is the best for fact-checking the latest spin of the corporate media - has found errores on Factcheck.com

http://www.fair.org/ - FAIR's stated mission is to point out lack of objectivity, accuracy and fairness in media -

http://www.opensecrets.org/ - Money in politics data - Track an industry, Check up on the candidates and lobbying

http://www.pogo.org/index.shtml - The Project On Government Oversight

http://www.whistleblower.org - The Government Accountability Project (GAP) is a 30-year-old nonprofit public interest group that promotes government and corporate accountability by advancing occupational free speech, defending whistleblowers, and empowering citizen activists.

More good links can be found at: - http://www.counterpunch.org/links.html

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